A client reported to my supervisor that I was inquiring about their processes, mentioning that the former senior on the project never requested such information. My intention was to perform a walkthrough of their internal controls. Isn’t this a standard practice? I thought it was a normal procedure to follow. How do you do it? If you were in my place, would you still do what's right or listen to your manager who is telling you to scale down on the questions? Not sure how to deal with this situation.

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I'd set up time with the manager telling you to limit the questions and say here are the questions I asked, these are the answers they gave me, these are the followups I asked based on those answers. Literally baby step it all out in the open. This way the manager can understand what you're asking and why you are asking for it, and can help you limit or push from there.

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That's weird your manager is making you work against the flow that you should be aiming for. I would vouch for you instead of stand with the client. I think you should tell your manager that you will continue doing what you think is the right way to approach this scenario.

Were you going excessively in depth? Were you staying in scope? There are plenty of processes that exist, but aren't relevant for your purposes. I'd try to get further guidance from the manager on where the misstep was.

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